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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Rectangular Bark Beater
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Rectangular Bark Beater

Place CreatedCosta Rica, North America
CultureAtlantic Watershed
PeriodPeriod IV
Date1-500 CE
MediumAndesite porphyry
Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions2 7/8 x 2 x 5/8 in. (7.3 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm)
Object number1991.004.173
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 133, figure 291.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased March 1969.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas